Orlando local time on November 2, 6:30 p.m.

The 12-13 season officially kicked off two days ago, on October 31, but the Magic were late on the schedule, and the first game was on November 2, when they played at home to the Denver Nuggets.

At this time, the Denver Nuggets were still one of the traditional teams in the West, in fact, since Anthony was selected in 03 and then George Carr was the head coach, the Nuggets have been performing well, with a record of around 50 wins in the regular season, and they have also reached the division finals in the playoffs.

Although nowadays Cameron. Anthony has left, and the Nuggets were involved in Howard's big trade in the offseason, but under George Carr's coaching, the Nuggets have not yet begun to decline. Iguodala created a style that was unique to the league and was nicknamed the Athletics Brigade.

It can be said that the Nuggets with good strength is the touchstone that Chen An has been waiting for for a long time, and he attaches great importance to this game, so he arrived at the arena more than an hour before the start of the game, and when he was about to play, he stayed in his locker room, facing the mirror, and carefully sorted out his makeup.

With a shiny back, a white shirt, a tie from Zhou Zheng, and a solemn and straight suit, Chen An is dressed very formally, which also reflects his attitude from the side, he attaches great importance to this game, not only for the team, but for him personally, this game is the first regular season game of his coaching career, full of meaning.

"Let's go."

After opening the door, Chen An greeted the members of the coaching staff who were waiting behind the door and took the lead in the stadium. At this time, the players have already entered the venue under the introduction of the DJ.

After sitting firmly in the coach's seat, Chen An looked at the players who were carrying out the opening ceremony, Chen An's heartbeat couldn't help but speed up, he was a little nervous, he was an ordinary person after all, and he had high expectations in the face of this meaningful game.

In order to relieve the pressure, Chen An's gaze swept over every player under his command, a total of thirteen people, which is the number of people who signed up for this game. Because the first game of the Magic started late, and the subordinate NBDL team had already played two games, Chen An had sent some players to participate in the game before, which could be regarded as sharpening himself, brushing up experience, and practicing leveling.

The players who were sent off included Aldridge, Beverley, Crowder and Green, but the latter three were recalled this morning.

Another person absent from the player list is Roy, in the previous training, Roy reacted to the trainer that his knee was a little sore, although he himself felt that it was not a big problem and tried to play, but for the sake of insurance, Chen An put him on the injury list, and Roy stayed in the coach's seat in a suit like an assistant coach in this game.

After the national anthem was played, the referee entered the field, and the players from both sides took their respective positions.

Starting line-ups:

On the Nuggets' side, the center is Costa Koufus, the power forward is the orc Kenneth Faried, Danilo Gallinari plays the small forward, and the swingmen Andre Iguodala and Tylawson form the guard line.

It can be said that this lineup is full of athleticism, except for Coopers, who is a little slower in moving, everyone else is very athletic, and the posture of the track and field team is very obvious.

On the Magic side, Chen An made adjustments, and JJ Hickson, who had been fixed as the starting center, was taken down, and Vucevic took the position of starting center, while other positions remained the same.

Such a change is a corresponding arrangement for Chen An's Nuggets lineup, but this makes JJ Hickson a little uneasy, and privately suspects that he has not been in the past against Chen An. Chen An naturally won't explain much, he also thinks very clearly, since the team is rebuilt, in order to maintain good competitiveness, some positions of the starters do not have to be fixed, if you want to win the starter and win playing time, you should use your performance and attitude on the court to impress me!

Honk!

When the whistle blew, the referee in the middle line threw the basketball in his hand high, announcing the official start of the game.

At the moment when the ball reached a high point, Vucevic flew and jumped, but the half-orc on the opposite side was faster than him, in mid-air, a black and a white two hands touched together, Vucevic tried to use his height and arm span to take the basketball first, but the physical fitness of the half-orc was too explosive, and the last to take the ball first, Tylawon took the ball in his arms.

In the first round, the Nuggets won possession.

The players on the Magic side quickly settled the defensive position at halftime, Lillard greeted Tylawon, who was a rookie in the 09 class, and was traded to the Nuggets after being selected by the Timberwolves with the 18th pick in the first round.

Tylawson is quite sophisticated, and he is not in a hurry after holding the ball and pushing it across the halfcourt, and after the rest of the Nuggets players are in position to open up space, he moves diagonally, and Iguodala immediately catches up, and after the two of them make a wrong pass to receive the ball, Tylawon slips along the sideline to the baseline and takes defender Lillard with him.

Iguodala held the ball diagonally to Harden, Iguodala was not in a hurry, holding the ball high with both hands by virtue of his height, not giving Harden the defense a chance to cut the ball, and on the inside, the big white bear Kufus quickly moved to the low post on Iguodala's side to withstand Vucevic for the ball.

Obviously, George Karl had understood the tactics and playing style of the Magic in advance, and he had targeted tactics at the beginning, wanting to use Koufus to attack the inside as a start, but what he didn't expect was that Chen An temporarily changed the starting lineup and replaced JJ Hickson with Vucevic who had a sparse single defense, and it is difficult to say whether such tactics can work.

Iguodala passed the ball to Kufus and immediately moved to the high post to take away the defender Harden, giving Kufus a single space, Kufus is also very resolute, after receiving the ball, he immediately started to chisel against Vucevic, but Vucevic's lower set is very stable, and the strength is also quite sufficient, Kufus chiseled a few times The effect is not ideal, this guy immediately shook his shoulder to the left to make a feint, regardless of whether it worked, and then turned to the right and came to a small hook.

It's just that as soon as the ball was shot, I heard a snap, but Vucevic didn't shake it at all, and the close Kufus jumped up and slapped the ball out.

The quick-eyed Lillard immediately grabbed it, flew to get the ball, and then quickly advanced to the frontcourt, but Iguodala returned to the defense quickly, Lillard just passed half court, Iguodala posted it, ready to block Lillard's breakthrough route, but Lillard suddenly slowed down, and then a lateral transfer ball, just outside the three-point line on the other side, Harris received the ball.

Although the penalty area in front of him was empty, Harris did not hesitate, jumped on the spot the moment after receiving the ball, and opened his hand to make a three-pointer.

The referee compared three fingers, but in the end it did not fall, the ball fell out after a circle on the basket, but the basketball just left the basket, I saw a white and a black two figures rushing to the basket, followed by a pair of hands holding the basketball to the basket, the ball was dunked in!